WKP – GLA Kindness BINGO 2018 – Category 3 Guidebook (Grades 8 to 12)

WKP – GLA Kindness BINGO 2018 – Category 3 Guidebook (Grades 8 to 12)

About the Guidebook

Kindness is both natural and a choice-based emotion. We are naturally “Kind” to things or
people we care about. This is ultimately stemming from self preservation, because we want
to care for the things which we feel that we desire for whatever reasons. Kindness is also a
choice. We can choose to give a homeless person some money, and that’s a kind gesture.
We can choose to pick up something that was dropped by another and offer it back to them;
just as well we could choose to steal the item.

We are citizens of Pakistan as part of one great family. Rich or poor, educated or
uneducated, belonging to one province or another, ultimately each one of us is a Pakistani
citizen like everyone else. Therefore, each of us has the same right to pursue happiness and
avoid suffering. When you recognize that all beings are equal in this respect, you
instinctively feel empathy and closeness for them. Out of this, in turn, comes a genuine
sense of national and then universal responsibility; the wish to actively help others
overcome their problems. Of course, this sort of compassion is by nature, peaceful and
gentle, but it is also very powerful. It is the true sign of inner strength.

Green Living Association, a member of the World Kindness Movement and Clean Up the
World and partner of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is successfully
running the campaign ‘Kindness Pakistan’ to bring love, peace and social harmony among
various parts of the nation in making a unified Pakistan and a Peaceful world. Our objective
in the guidebooks is to inspire the participants for doing the "little things" to make big
differences in the lives of others. When we are inspired we start offering kindness in the
name of love, not recognition, and we receive LOVE back from so many of the people we
reach out with our sincere acts and expressions of Kindness. This is human psychology -
most of us are alike.

For the Parents and the School Administration

Because Kindness is a broad topic that covers many aspects of goodness, the Guidebooks
present an ideal opportunity for team teaching. Firstly, it is an opportunity for the parents
(supporters) to explain the kids the morale lessons from each story in accordance with their
particular mental levels. For your practice, we have given few working exercises in each
guidebook. Please have a similar exercise after reading each story. We encourage science,
social studies, English, and art teachers to work together in planning a comprehensive plan
of activities based on the ideas as given in the Guidebooks. And last but not the least;
educate the children to be really careful and conscious in practicing kindness to the people
around especially in the background of repeated incidents of child abuse in Pakistan.

We are really thankful to the dedicated administration of our partner ‘Green Schools &
Campuses’ for their indispensable role in the successful implementation of this project. We
believe, our valuable association with the partner schools will bring a real positive change in
the society.

Green Living Association & World Kindness Pakistan Team

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Story No. 1
A Village on the Road
In a land far away, once upon
a time there was huge
poverty: only the rich could
manage without big
problems. Three of those rich
men, and their servants, were
travelling on the same road,
in a convoy, when they came
to a very poor village. Seeing
this poverty provoked different
reactions in all three rich
men.

The first couldn't stand to see it, so he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons
and shared them out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he
left. The second rich man, seeing the desperate situation, stopped for a short
time, and gave the villagers all his food and drink, since he could see that money
would be of little use to them. He made sure that each villager received their fair
share and would have enough food to last for some time. Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, speeded up and travelled straight
through the village without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance,
and commented with each other how the third rich man lacked decency and
compassion. It was good that they had been there to help the poor villagers...
However, three days later, they met the third rich man who was travelling in the
opposite direction. He was still travelling quickly, but his wagons, instead of the gold
and valuables they had been carrying, were now full of farming implements, tools,
and sacks of seeds and grain. He was heading to the poor village to help them out of
poverty.

This happened a long, long time ago, but we can see the very same thing happening
today too. There are some generous people who give only so that people can see how
much they are giving. They don't want to know anything about the people they are
giving to.

Other generous people really try to help others, but only so that they can feel better
about themselves. But there are other generous people: the best kind. To them it
doesn't matter what the other kinds of generous people think of them. Nor do they
give in a showy way. Instead, they truly worry about how best to improve the lives of
those they are helping. They give greatly of something much more valuable than
money. They give their time, their vision and their lives.
We still have time to change to this third, and best, group!
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Story No. 2
The Viking with a Hundred Horns
Olav Brutolsen was the most terrible of all the
Vikings. With just his bare hands he could fight a
bull into submission in a matter of seconds. To
make sure people knew just who he was, his
helmet and cloak were adorned with his victory
trophies. On his helmet were over a hundred
horns, and on his cloak were a thousand precious
stones; one stone for each enemy he had
defeated.

In his city everyone would make way for him as he

went by, but one day a young man who was
absent-mindedly reading as he walked, bumped
into Olav. Olav was furious. He reproached the
young man and challenged him to a fight to the
death. The skinny young man had no choice; all
he could do was accept on one condition:
-“I can’t see very well, and I don’t know you, so I’ll need you to keep your helmet and
cloak on during the fight so I can make you out.”

Olav laughed a hearty laugh and disdainfully accepted the young man’s stupid
condition, before launching himself at the youth, intent on destroying him. The boy
was agile, and he only just managed to slip through Olav’s clutches. The same
happened each time Olav attacked, and as the fight went on it became easier for the
young man to evade the attacks. Although no one could believe how the boy was
doing, they all expected him to fall down dead as soon as Olav landed the first blow.

But that blow never came. Olav had been attacking for more than five minutes, and
after ten minutes he fell to the ground, as if dead.

Many onlookers thought the young man must be some kind of wizard, but the boy,
who was a medical student by the name of Virtensen, had demonstrated to everyone
how Olav’s pride and ostentation had been enough to make him fall under the weight
of his helmet and cloak.

When Olav came to, like a good warrior he accepted his defeat. From that day he
got rid of the useless trophies on his helmet and cloak, and returned to simple
clothing. Now wherever he walked he was just like anyone else. Everywhere, that
is, except for when he walked on the battlefield, where he came to be recognised not
for his many horns or his bejewelled cloak, but for his unmatched strength.
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Story No. 3
Squidge Attack

Everyone knows that the history of our planet changed forever some time after the
Industrial Revolution. The world's coasts and seas filled up with a very dangerous and
polluting species of creature, which looked like a squid,
but was called a "Squidge".

The squidges were everywhere, and impossible to catch.

But the worst aspect of it was that they were filling up the
seas with oil, tins, paper, and all kinds of rubbish. It was
a terrible situation; the whole planet was quickly
contaminated, and advanced investigation teams and
hunting expeditions were set up to try to deal with this
new plague. But no one could even get close to catching
a squidge.

Finally, the first person to manage it was a boy called

Caesar Tiddler. Caesar lived in a small fishing village, and when he held up his
squidge at a press conference, he became the most famous boy in the world. That
small fishing village was overrun by scientists and government investigators, who
came from all over the planet to study the species. Everything was prepared for a
post mortem to be done on the squidge, an operation that would be watched on live
television around the world.

So imagine the amazement when, on cutting the squidge open, a tiny space ship the
size of a shoe was found inside, and inside that space ship were some Martians. Now,
these Martians turned out to be quite charming, amusing, and clever little chaps.
Before long, they were busy talking to governments, who were all very angry at the
way the Martians had been messing up the planet. The governments expected some
kind of explanation for the Martians having behaved in such an uncivilised fashion...

-"We came from a planet that was going to be destroyed," the Martians began to
explain.
-"We liked the Earth so much that we spent many days spying on how you human
beings behave. We thought that would help us to blend in if we came here, and it
would help us all get along happily together. That's why, after seeing you dump tins,
paper, and oil, we invented some expensive machines to do just that. We hid them
inside the disguise of a squid, and we tried to live happily there, in peace. Are you all
happy? Can we stay here? Finallllyyyyy?"

The Martian Squidge-men waited for an answer. But no one uttered a word.
Everyone, including the billions watching on TV, were red with embarrassment,
remembering the last time they had thrown away a piece of paper, or their car had
leaked some oil on the road.
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And all of us who saw it, we still remember how a few unsuspecting little Martians
made us realise how little we care for our planet.

Story No. 4
The Little Stone Bird

Once upon
a time, there
was a bird
made of
stone. She
was a
beautiful
creature,
and she was
also
magic. She
lived near
the entrance
to a
picturesque
forest
between two
mountains.
The bird was
so heavy that she had to walk along the ground.

Despite this, though, she enjoyed looking up at the trees every day, dreaming of one
day being able to fly and enjoy viewing the beautiful countryside from up high.
But that dream disappeared after the great fire.

All that was left of the trees were charred stumps, and any plants and animals that
lived there had gone. The stone bird was the only form of life able to survive the
fire, but when she saw what had become of the forest, she was overcome with
sadness, and couldn't stop crying. She cried and cried for hours, then days. She cried
with such feeling that her tears were wearing away her stone body. Finally the body
was completely worn away and the bird had turned into a puddle of water.

But when the sun came out, that puddle of tears evaporated into the sky and became
a happy little cloud which could fly over the trees and see everything below.

Since then, the little cloud has travelled all over the world, enjoying the views of all
the forests and beautiful countryside. And remembering what destruction fire brought
to its own forest, the cloud is now very careful to pour its rain down on any tree it sees
burning.
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Story No. 5
The Outing
Susannah was a shy but clever girl. She
couldn't see too well, and had worn
glasses for as long as she could
remember. And again, for as long as
she could remember, some of her
classmates had habitually picked on
her and made fun of her big glasses.

The worst thing was that Lewis had

started calling her 'Four Eyes', and as
he was a very popular member of the
class, the nickname stuck. Now
everyone knew her as Suzy Four Eyes.
She acted like she didn't mind, but in
fact Susannah couldn't stand it.

One day, the class went on a school outing to visit some famous caves. The children
were walking towards the caves, when Lewis put his foot in a hole and slipped. While
falling, he grabbed onto Susannah, who was walking next to him, and both
plummeted down the hole, out of sight.

After some time they landed in a very big dark, cave. All that could be seen was a
single ray of light coming from the cave roof, many metres above, and some tree
roots and trunks which had fallen through the hole. Susannah and Lewis shouted for
help, but no one came. Crouched together in the deathly cold of the cave, they
endured a long dark night.

The next morning they still hadn't been found, and without the small ray of light from
above, they wouldn't have been able to see anything at all. Lewis continued shouting
for help, while he used the meagre light to look for a way out. But after hours of
searching and scrambling, he had found nothing, and started feeling scared.

It must have been noontime, because Susannah noticed that the ray of light was
descending from the hole in a straight line, and landing on the floor in front of her.
Quickly, she took a piece of wood that had fallen into the cave, and, using her
glasses as a magnifying glass, she focused the ray of light onto the wood until a little
flame sprang up. Now they had a torch. Lewis watched all this with surprise and
excitement. He grabbed some more branches, and off they went together, to explore
the cave.

It took them some time, and they had to burn quite a few torches, but finally they
found a way out. Amid hugs and cries of relief, Lewis gave Susannah his heartfelt
thanks. He knew that she couldn't stand people calling her Four Eyes, and now he
regretted having given her that name. Especially seeing that it was her glasses that
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had saved them both. When they met up with the search party, Susannah and Lewis
were faced with a barrage of questions, some even from the police and journHarissts.

Lewis came forward and said: "What a stroke of luck I had! I could not have been with
a better fellow adventurer than Laser Light Suzy!"

Lewis told everyone what had happened, and from that day there was no longer any
Four Eyes at their school. But don't ask how many Laser Light kids there are, because
there are really quite a few.

Dear Supporters, let's work on this story, now that is fresh on our minds!
A minute for thinking
When someone makes fun of anyone, it is only because others take their part on the fun

by laughing. Do you think Lewis would have continue calling her Suzy Four Eyes if no one

would laugh? Do you realise that, just by laughing, we can encourage people to make

fun of others? What should you do in such a situation?

Let's talk!
Bullies may look popular and powerful at school, but their attitude usually leads them to

have problems when they grow up. If you remember the name of any bully classmates, it

would be great to find out what happened to them after leaving the school and tell your

child that bullies hurt others. Surely, that will give her a positive insight.

Why don't you try this?

Teasing and irony are harmful. They shouldn't exist in a loving family. To get rid of them,

you can buy some big funny looking glasses for parties. When someone speaks ironically,

or makes fun of anyone, others will remind him and s/he will have to wear the glasses for

some time. Pay attention, though, if any other person makes fun of him/ her, you will

need some more glasses...

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Story No. 6
Kraton’s Labyrinth

At the deepest depths of the great mountain, in a huge labyrinth of tunnels created by
the great wizards, there lived – imprisoned – the worst of beasts, a horrible creature
who all knew as Kraton. He had been put there after terrorising the local population.
It was a magic labyrinth with only one entrance and exit which changed its position
every day.

But it so happened that there arrived in that land a man of wicked heart, nasty to the
extreme, and his only wish was to rule over all the King’s people. His name was Jafa,
and he was in such a hurry to fulfil his desire that, on hearing of the Kraton, he
thought of liberating it to help him with his plans, no matter how dangerous the
monster was.

So, Jafa travelled to the great mountain accompanied by all his slaves. There were
many of them, and they were so afraid of their master that they didn’t take long to
find the entrance to the labyrinth. One of these slaves, a very wise man, found out
how to know the location of the exit each day, from outside, once Jafa was inside the
mountain.

-“Only one thing more, my Lord,”

said the slave after explaining the system,
-“when you’re going to exit from the labyrinth, you should wait until it’s nighttime. Be
sure not come out during daylight…”

And not wanting to hear any more, Jafa entered the labyrinth. From out of a great
darkness, Jafa started calling for the monster, explaining to the monster his
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intentions. Jafa would free him from the labyrinth if, in return, Kraton would be at
Jafa's service, terrorising the people there for at least ten years.

The monster shouted his agreement with Jafa's plan, since all he wanted to do was
escape the labyrinth and wreak his revenge. After several days they found each other
amid the blackest darkness, and there they cemented their terrible pact. Following the
system recommended by Jafa's slave, they soon found the way out. On approaching
it, brilliant sunlight played upon the exit. Jafa remembered his slave’s words. Filled
with impatience, the wicked Jafa sat down to wait, but the beast, seeing itself free at
last, didn’t want to listen to talk of waiting, and forgetting their agreement Kraton ran
out of the labyrinth.

From inside, Jafa heard Kraton’s terrible screams of agony. He was scared, but also
needed to go and see what had happened to the beast. And though he still
remembered his slave's words, he decided to go out.

As soon as it touched Jafa's face, the sunlight and the light of a thousand mirrors that
the wise slave had placed around the exit to illuminate that spot, entered Jafa's eyes.
Eyes that, due to the darkness they had been in for days, were defenceless to the light,
and duly burned out, leaving the impatient Jafa blind for the rest of his days, as had
happened to the Kraton just moments earlier.

And so, both evil beings, blind, clumsy and impatient, could not even see how their
plans had come apart, and remained punished for ever in a life of darkness, along
with other creatures of the night.

Story No. 7
I am Proud of my fellow Pakistanis
If we look
around us,
we will find
a lot of
goodness
in our
people. I
witnessed
this on
December
28 when
my
confidence
in our
fellow
Pakistanis
and in the
kindness of
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Almighty Allah was reinforced. That morning my wife was returning to Karachi from
Faisalabad by Millat train accompanied by our two daughters, aged three and five
years. I went to the station to receive my family but couldn’t find them.

There were some fellow passengers and a responsible policeman, Abdul Razzak,
waiting with her. They broke the horrible news to me that my younger daughter
accidentally fell off the train near Dhabeji station. My wife along with 20 to 25 fellow
passengers managed to have the train stopped a kilometre or two from the spot
where the child had fallen. They disembarked there to search for the missing child. In
her panic, my wife forgot to carry her cell phone with her and so couldn’t contact me.
The local people also joined the search party. My wife later recounted that the people
— all strangers — were extremely sympathetic, helpful and concerned while searching
for the child who had wandered off four kilometres into the woodland.

It was after four hours that a young Pakhtun boy (could not obtain his details — May
Allah reward him for his goodness) spotted Zainab and fetched her unhurt. When I
met my little girl after these hours of high drama, she simply uttered these words:
“Papa I was alone.”
I just have no words to thank these men and women — strangers to me before this
event brought us together — who shared those tense moments with us.

By actively assisting in the search for our child, these noble souls displayed that spirit
of humanity that holds mankind together. May Allah bless them and also my family —
my father, brothers and my wife — who stood behind me giving me immense moral
support in those testing hours. People have the capacity to organise themselves on the
spur of the moment when faced with an emergency and respond positively. Take the
case of Mr Jamil who disembarked with my wife, leaving his own family behind on the
train, to take the responsibility of organising the search.

There was Mr Asif who took the responsibility of communicating with the railway
authorities, the Edhi Centre and the police. Generally, we tend to take for granted our
family and our fellow beings. But we should learn to appreciate the goodness of the
human heart that prompts people to respond to others in distress. Such is the spirit
that can, if mobilised, help steer the country out of its troubles.

Story No. 8
Fear is soft and smooth
Marina was extremely afraid of the dark. When the lights went out, everything and
every shadow appeared to her as the most terrible of monsters. Her parents explained
to her, everyday and with great patience, that these things were not monsters. Marina
understood her parents, but she could not stop feeling an awful fear whenever it was
dark.

One day her Aunt Sofia came to visit. Sofia was an incredible woman. She was
famous for her courage, and for having gone on many journeys of adventure, some
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of which had been made into books and movies. Marina wanted to conquer her fear
of the dark, so she asked her Aunt how she became so brave, and whether she had
ever been frightened.

"A great many

times, Marina,"
answered her
Aunt, "I
remember when I
was small and I
was terribly
afraid of the
dark. I couldn't
stay in the dark
for even a
moment".

Marina became
very excited. How
was it possible
that someone so
courageous could
have been afraid of the dark?

"I'll tell you a secret, Marina. It was some blind children who taught me how to be
brave. They can't see, so if they had never discovered the secret of how not to be
afraid of the dark, they would have been forever frightened".

"It's true!" said Marina, intrigued, "Can you tell me that secret?"

"Of course! The secret is to change your eyes. Since blind children can't see, their
hands are their eyes. All you have to do to conquer your fear is what they do. Shut the
eyes of your face and open the eyes of your hands. Let's make a deal: tonight, when
you go to bed and put out the light, if anything makes you afraid, close your eyes,
carefully get out of bed, and try to see what it is that's making you scared. But do it
using your hands as eyes... and tomorrow tell me how you're getting on with the fear".

Marina accepted, but she was rather worried. She knew she would need to be brave
to close her eyes and go and touch whatever it was that was frightening her; but she
was willing to try because she was already too old for this. When her parents took her
to bed, she herself put out the light. After a little while, she felt afraid of one of the
shadows in the bedroom. Following the advice of Aunt Sofia, she closed the eyes of
her face and opened the eyes of her hands. And, summoning up all her courage, she
went over to touch that mysterious shadow...

The next morning Marina came running into the kitchen, a big smile on her face, and
a song on her lips. "The monster is so soft and smooth!..." she cried,
"It's my teddy bear!"
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Story No. 9
Zaid and the Horse
Zaid was a rich boy who had more
toys than you could imagine. His
family had a lot of money, and
whenever he liked something, they
would buy it for him. In reality, then,
he had no idea what things
cost, and wouldn't bother to take
care of what he had. Nor did he
realise how difficult it was for other
children to get toys like the ones he
had.

A time came, though, when he was

so used to all his toys and various
stuff that he began to want
something different. One of his
uncles found a fine horse and he
gave it to Zaid, as something
unusual. Zaid was very excited at
having a horse. He learned to ride, and was constantly on his horse, going here and
there.

However, he treated the horse just as badly as he did all his other toys, and it soon
started looking neglected and sick. For the first time in his life Zaid became truly
worried. He loved the horse, and the fact that his family had offered to swap it for a
new one meant nothing to him.

One day, while in the countryside, he saw a girl with a horse. The girl looked very
poor, but the horse seemed happy and looked great.

Wondering how she had managed this, Zaid secretly followed them, watching
everything they did. First he followed them through the forest, where he saw that she
never used the whip, and never hit the horse. This was the opposite of what Zaid had
done to his horse, right from day one. Then they came to the stable, and as soon as
they arrived the girl fed and watered the horse. Then she carefully groomed it. Zaid
was surprised. He'd never done any of that for his horse. He saw that the girl spent a
lot of time giving care and attention to her horse, and that she did it all on her own.
This had never entered into Zaid's mind; he had always been too preoccupied with
playing and having fun to look after the horse.

Zaid wanted to change and become like the girl. As no one had shown him how to do
this, he went over to her and asked her to teach him how to look after his horse. After
her initial surprise, she happily accepted. With her he learned how to put care and
effort into things, and that if you did so you enjoyed them much more. He learned
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that you could be much happier with only a few special things that you truly cared for
and looked after, than with thousands of toys that were only good for a short time and
were then thrown aside.

But not everything was easy.

Zaid also learned that the care put into these things was sometimes difficult, and it
needed dedication of time and effort to do it well. So much so, that it even crossed his
mind to go back to his old way of treating his horse. However, when the horse finally
recovered all its strength and splendour, that first ride, alongside the girl, made him
so happy that a doubling of his effort would have been worthwhile.

As a result, Zaid gave up constantly asking for new toys. Grateful to his friend, he
gave her many of his own toys, and more to the children of the village. He only kept
those few toys he really liked. And, just as he had learned with the horse, he set
himself to repairing and caring for those toys, so he could really enjoy playing with
them.

Story No. 10
The Garden of Statues

Long ago,
there was a
magical place
that held some
of the World's
great wonders
and treasures.
It was not an
obscure place,
nor was it
hidden, and
anyone could
try to enter
and enjoy its
delights. All
you had to do
was fulfil one
requirement:
be a good
person. You didn't have to be heroic or extraordinary: just an ordinary - good person.

One day, two young friends - Haris and Ali - went there to seek their fortune.
Everyone who went there had to face their test alone, and Haris was the first to try his
luck. He soon found himself in a beautiful garden. It was decorated with hundreds of
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statues that looked so real that you felt that at any moment they could start walking
about. Or perhaps cry, because the expressions on their faces were rather sad and
melancholic. But Haris refused to be distracted from his objective, and putting aside
his desire to stay with the statues, he kept going until he arrived at the entrance to a
large forest. The entrance was guarded by two grey stone statues which were very
different from the others: one had an angry expression, and the other looked really
joyful. Next to the entrance was an inscription: "Tell the statues about the goodness of
your character."

So Haris got ready, cleared his throat and loudly said:

-"I'm Haris. A good person. I've never done anyone any harm, and no one has any
complaint about me."

After a long silence, the statue with the joyful expression came to life, and stepping
down from his pedestal, kindly said:
-"Excellent, your goodness is perfect for this place. As this place is full of statues like
you. They too do no harm to anyone, and no one has any complaint about them!"

And in the same instant Haris felt his whole body become completely paralysed. He
couldn't even move his eyes. But he could still see, hear and feel. Just enough to
understand that he had become just one more statue to decorate the garden.

Soon after, it was Ali's turn to enjoy the wonders of the garden. But unlike his friend,
the sight of those statues, and their sad, immobile eyes moved him so much that he
approached each one and touched them, caressing their faces, secretly hoping that
they were alive. As he touched them he felt the warmth of life, and could not get out
of his mind the idea that they were indeed still alive, but imprisoned by some horrible
curse. He wondered about their lives, and how they could have ended up here.
Several times he ran to the fountain to bring water to wet their lips.
And then he saw Haris, so still and sad, just like the others.

Ali, forgetting why he had gone there, did his best to free his friend, and many
others, but without success. Finally, overcome by despair, he approached the statues
guarding the entrance to the great forest. He read the inscription, but ignoring it,
loudly said:
-"Some other day I will defend my good deeds. But today I have a friend trapped by a
curse, and many others with him, and I would like to ask your help to save them ..."

When he had finished, the statue with the angry expression came to life amid the
noise of his own grunts and complaints. And without losing his angry air, he said:
-"What rotten luck! Here we have one who isn't a statue. Well, we'll just have to let
him go ...! And on top of that he gets to take away one of our statues! So, which one
do you want?"

Ali looked over to his friend, and Haris - who could move again - ran over and
hugged him. Meanwhile, the trees of the forest opened the way to reveal a world of
wonder and happiness.
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When a happy Ali was just about to enter, it was Haris himself who stopped him. And
looking back, to all other statues, Haris said determinedly:
-"Wait, Ali. I will not behave like a statue anymore. Let's do something for these
people."

And so the two friends ended up finding a way to release all the statues in the garden
from their life of imprisonment. And these hundreds of people emerged hopeful of
having a second chance to prove that never again would they live like statues. From
that day forward they wouldn't simply live to do no wrong and to avoid having
enemies. On the contrary, they would live to do a lot of good in the World in
developing their society from a selfish community to a place full of compassion and
care for others.

Story No. 11
The Cloud Dragon

In the dark lands of the witches and the trolls, there lived, a long time ago, the most
terrible dragon that had ever existed. His magic powers enabled him to take on cloud
form, so he could move as fast as the wind. He could make himself as light as a
feather, and take any form, from a simple lamb to a fierce ogre. And, being a cloud
dragon, he was the only creature capable of firing not only flames from his mouth,
but also brilliant lightning bolts.
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The cloud dragon would attack towns and villages just for pleasure, for the simple fact
of hearing people’s cries at his terrible appearances. But he only really found true fun
when the humans would send one of their knights and heroes to try to kill him.

On those occasions he would entertain himself by making interminable rains fall on

their armour, or sending little lightning bolts that would scorch the knights and make
all their hair stand up. Then he would transform himself into a dense fog, and, the
knight, unable to see anything around himself, wasn’t even aware that the cloud was
rising and starting to fly. And after playing with the knight in the air for a good while,
by which point the knight would be completely dizzy, the dragon would return to his
natural form, leaving the poor hero floating in mid-air. Then he wouldn't be able to
stop laughing, his flames of laughter licking at the knight as he fell at a great velocity
into the mountain snows where, hurt, frozen and singed, the abandoned knight would
have to search for the long route home.

Only young Yela, the King’s youngest son, who had long been famous for his
constant naughtiness, felt some kind of sympathy for the dragon. Something inside
told him that there couldn’t be anyone who was really as bad as that and, as had
happened to him from an early age, the dragon would be able to learn to behave
well. So, when he went in search of the dragon, he did so without shield or armour,
totally unarmed, ready to find out what it was that made the dragon behave as he
did.

As soon as the dragon saw the young Prince coming, he began his repertoire of tricks
and teasing. Yela found his tricks were really unique, even amusing, and he dared to
enjoy those moments spent with the dragon. When Yela was finally dropped into the
snow, he got up, singed and hurt, but smiling, and he shouted:
-"Come on! Again! Yee-haaa!"

The cloud dragon was surprised, but it seemed like he had been waiting for that for
centuries, since he didn’t hesitate to repeat his tricks and even add some more, for the
young Prince’s enjoyment. The dragon was having such fun that he began taking
special care with his playmate, to the point that, when they stopped to rest a while,
they did it together, smiling, like two good friends.

Yela not only carried on letting the dragon play with him. The Prince himself started
playing practical jokes, putting on shows, and being naughty, and together they
created many new tricks. Finally, Yela got to know the dragon’s family, only to learn
that, despite being hundreds of years old, the dragon was no more than a child; an
enormous kid wanting to be naughty and have fun.

And so, the Prince was able to return to his Kingdom on a great cloud in the shape of
a dragon, amid the joy and admiration of all. And with the help of children,
comedians, actors and buffoons they managed to bring such joy to the young
dragon's life that never again did he feel the need to harm anyone for
entertainment. And as payment for all the fun the dragon provided rain, shade and
fire to the Kingdom whenever it was needed.
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Story No. 12
Dark Wizard, Spark Wizard
Whenever there was a
storm, the animals of
the Enchanted Forest
ran, frightened, to hide,
fearful of the bolts of
lightning and the
terrifying thunder.
However, one day the
storm came on so
quickly that almost no
one had the time to
reach their hideout
and, just when they
were most frightened,
some of the animals
saw a tiny little light
appear from out of the
trees, coming from a spot where a bolt of lightning had just hit.

The little light was jumping and joyfully and excitedly crying out. All the animals
watching ran over to see who this mad being could be, a being would could be happy
in the middle of a storm.

And so it was that they met the very first of the Spark Wizards, which were tiny little
beings that shone intensely all over, as if they had somehow managed to swallow a
star. Flint, as this Spark Wizard was known, turned out to be very nice and very
charming, and when they asked him how he could be so joyful in the middle of such
a ferocious storm, he replied with surprise:
-“But why wouldn’t I be happy when I’ve just escaped after two thousand years?”

He went on to explain how, thousands of years ago, the Dark Wizard had captured
all the Spark Wizards and imprisoned them inside some big black clouds where he
forced them to work as his slaves. It was almost impossible to escape that prison, but
now and again, some of those clouds would collide, and with that impact little tufts of
cloud would break off, allowing a Spark Wizard to escape. Each time one escaped it
would leap out with such eagerness that its trail of light would illuminate the whole
sky, and produce what we know as a lightning bolt. Not long after such an
escape, the Dark Wizard would realise what had happened and would grumble
furiously about it and beat the clouds in frustration. His cries were filled with anger,
and this is why rolls of thunder boom so strongly around the skies.

Excited at Flint’s story, those animals were never again frightened at the storms and
the thunder. Instead, when the sky began to cover with black clouds, all the animals
would gather at the big rock, where they could get the best view of the storm. There
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they would applaud and cheer each time a little Spark Wizard managed to escape the
clutches of the Dark Wizard. Even better, each time the Dark Wizard came out with
one of his angry grumbles of protest, the animals would answer him with a chorus of
boos and jeers.

Story No. 13
The Little Forest by the Sea
There was once a
little village
separated from
the sea and its
great cliffs by a
forest. That forest
was the village’s
best defence
against the storms
and furies of the
sea that were so
ferocious
throughout the
region that it was
only possible to
live where the
village was. Yet
the forest was
constantly in
danger, because
a small group of wicked beings came every night to cut down some of the
trees. The villagers could do nothing to stop the felling, so they were forced to
constantly plant new trees to replace the fallen ones.

And for generations, such was life for the tree planters. Parents taught their
children how to plant, and the children, from a very early age, spent all their
free time planting new trees. Each family was responsible for replanting a
particular area, and had been since time immemorial. Failure of any family to
do this would have brought the community to ruin.
Of course, most of the planted trees were lost due to a thousand varying
reasons, and only a small percentage reached full growth. But so many were
planted that the protective forest managed to maintain its size, despite the great
storms and the cruel felling of the evil beings.
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But then, there was a great misfortune. One of the families died out due to
lack of descendents, and their area of the forest began losing more trees. There
was nothing to be done, the tragedy was inevitable, and in the village the
people prepared to emigrate after so many centuries.
Even so, one of the young men refused to abandon the village.
-“I won’t go,”
he said,
-“if needed, I will start a new family that will look after that area, and I myself
will go to work on it from day one.”

Everyone knew that no one was capable of looking after a replanting area all
on their own and, as the forest would take some time to thin out, they accepted
the young man’s proposal. Yet, by doing so, they had accepted the greatest
revolution ever seen in the village.

That young man, loved by all, had no trouble in finding people to help him
replant. But those helping hands all came from other areas, and soon his own
area wasn’t the only one in need of extra help and more trees. These new
areas were helped by other families and soon no one knew whether they
should look after their own area or someone else’s: so to simplify things they
just planted trees wherever they were needed. But they were needed in so many
areas that the villagers began planting even during the night, despite their
ancestral fear of the wicked tree cutters.

Those nocturnal plantings meant the planters came across some of the fellers,
only to discover that those “wicked” beings were nothing more than the
frightened members of a tribe that hid themselves in the labyrinthine cliff caves
during the day. They would surface at night to get some wood and food, so
they could survive. As soon as these “beings” got to see how good it was living
in a village on the surface, having food and water, and knowing how to plant
trees, they begged to be accepted into the village.

With each new night, the village gained more hands to help with the planting,
and there were fewer cave-dwellers cutting down the trees. Soon, the village
filled with grateful “night-beings” who mixed happily among the old families
until they became indistinguishable. And so great was their influence, that the
forest began to expand. Day after day, year after year, almost imperceptibly,
the forest got bigger and bigger, and it provided more and more protection,
until finally the descendants from that village could live anywhere they liked in
the region.

And they never would have known that, a long time ago, they had their origin
in a village protected by a few trees that were on the point of disappearing.
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Story No. 14
The Carnivorous Plant and the Butcher
Flora was a carnivorous plant, but truly in the meat-eating sense. She lived in a
supermarket, next to her friend Poulty the butcher's counter. Poulty treated her with
great affection and attention, and always had some morsel of meat to give her at the
end of each day. But one day, Flora didn't get her ration of meat. Nor the next day,
and she got so worried that she decided to spy on Poulty.

What she found out was

that he wasn't giving her
anything because he
was putting lots of big
slabs of meat in a big
yellow box. Pretending
not to know anything
about it, Flora asked
Poulty if she could have
a little of the food kept
in the yellow box. He
responded very severely
that she could not, and
added,
"Don't even think about
it, Flora! Don't ever think
about touching the meat
in that box".

The plant felt hurt, as

well as hungry, and she couldn't stop wondering who Poulty was keeping all that
delicious-looking meat for. With her negative thoughts she was filling up with anger.
That very night, when the shop was empty, she went over to the box, opened it, and
ate that meat until her belly ached...

The next morning, when Poulty arrived and discovered the theft, Flora felt terrible. He
asked her several times whether she had taken the meat. At first she denied it, but
seeing Poulty's worry and nerves she decided to confess.
"What have you done? You reckless thing!" Poulty exploded, "I told you not to touch it!
All that meat was poisoned!! That's why I haven't been able to give you anything for
days. They sent us a spoiled delivery..."

Without delay, they found a Pharmabotanovet, with a Green hospital, who managed
to save Flora's life. She was already feeling great pain in her roots, and her leaves
were changing colour. The shock hit everyone hard, but at least Flora learnt to stick to
the rules set by those who most love us. That's much safer than just doing whatever
you want.
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Dear Supporters, let's work on this story, now that is fresh on our minds!
A minute for thinking
Parents often forbid children to do certain things. Why do you think they do? When

parents are forbidding something to their children, how do you think they feel? Do you

think they enjoy or have fun?

Let's talk!
Tell your child the story of a situation where you would have preferred to allow him to do

something, yet you didn't for his sake. Explain him/her how do you feel when you are

forbidding anything and how difficult it is to explain these things so that children can

understand them.

Why don't you try this?

To remind your child that you do everything for his/her sake, you can make little cards

with a picture of the carnivorous plant. Every time you ask for something that he does not

understand, you can give him one of those cards to remind him of this story.

Story No. 15
The Poor Bunny's Magic Present

Once upon a time there was a place where animals were suffering greatly from
drought and hunger. A very poor bunny was walking sadly through the fields when,
all of a sudden, a wizard appeared in front of him. The wizard offered the bunny a
bag filled with little bouquets of flowers.

"They are magical, and they're even more magical if you know how to use them
properly", said the wizard. The bunny was dying of hunger, but he decided not to eat
the bouquets. He wanted to put them to good use.

On his way home, the bunny met a very old and very poor sheep who could hardly
walk any more. "Can you spare me something?" asked the sheep. The bunny had
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nothing except his bouquets, and since they were magical, he was reluctant to give
them to the sheep. But he remembered how his parents had always taught him to
share everything; so he pulled a bouquet out of the bag and gave it to the sheep. As
soon as he did this, the bunch shone with a thousand colours. Magic was at work.

The bunny
continued on his
way, feeling both
happy and a bit
annoyed. He had
given away one of
the bouquets, but
at the same time it
was obvious that
the sheep needed
it more than he
did. As he
continued his
journey, the very
same thing
happened to the
bunny when he
met a blind duck
and then a lame
cockerel. When the
bunny arrived
home, he had only one magical bouquet left. He told his parents all about what had
happened with the wizard, and his parents were very proud of the bunny's behaviour.
He was about to pull out the final bouquet, when his little brother arrived home,
crying with hunger. The bunny gave his brother the magical bouquet.

At that moment, with a great rumble of thunder, the wizard appeared again. He
asked the bunny "Where are the magical bouquets I gave you? What have you done
with them?" The bunny was frightened and he started to apologise. But the wizard
interrupted, saying "Didn't I tell you that if you used them well they'd be even more
magical? Well, go outside and see what you've done!"

The bunny went out, shaking. And what he saw was that, thanks to the way he had
used his magical bouquets, for as far as the eye could see the whole countryside had
turned into wonderful, green farmland. Farmland with enough water and food to feed
all the animals!
And the bunny felt very happy that he had acted as he had, and that the magic of his
generosity would bring happiness to everyone.
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Story No. 16
The Day the Stork Stole the Wedding
Once upon a time, while flying through the air, a stork noticed the sparkle of a
ring. It belonged to a rabbit who was getting married that day. The rabbit went inside
its burrow leaving the ring outside, and the stork decided to try it on quickly without
asking. However, when she tried to take the ring off again, it got stuck on her finger
and she thought:
"Oh no! They’re going to catch me. I’ll have to think of something!"

Taking advantage of the fact that nobody had seen her, she flew off thinking she
could return the ring when she eventually got it off her finger.

The rabbit was very annoyed to find that the ring had been stolen. But he was a good
detective and very quickly everyone in the forest was looking for a bird with a ring.
When the stork found out, she thought to herself:
"How embarrassing! They’re going to catch me. I’ll have to think of something!"

And she quickly decided to hide the ring by dipping her feet in a bucket of black paint
that she found near to where they were setting up the wedding. However, as she flew
away lots of the paint dripped off onto the tablecloths and onto the bride’s dress,
ruining them! When the rabbit arrived and saw the disaster, he was furious. Forgetting
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about the ring, he sent everybody off to look for a bird with feet painted black. When
the stork found out, she thought to herself:
"How embarrassing! They’re going to catch me. I’ll have to think of something!"

And so she decided to bandage her feet and pretend that she’d had an accident. The
stork thought that she had solved the problem, but shortly after she bumped into the
rabbit himself who, seeing the stork was hurt felt sorry for her and insisted on taking
her to the hospital for an X-ray. The stork just couldn’t say no. But she knew that if
they did an X-ray they would find the ring and if they took off the bandage they would
see the paint, so she said to herself:
“How embarrassing! They’re going to catch me. I’ll have to think of something!"
Given that her house was on the way to the hospital, she asked the rabbit to wait for
a moment while she went to fetch a few things. Once inside her house, the stork took
off the bandages and wrapped her feet in lead plates so the ring would not show up
in the X-ray. She then put the bandages back on with loads of glue, making it
impossible to take them off. The stork thought that by doing this she could go to the
doctor without being found out and, later on, would find a way to return the ring to
the rabbit.

Feeling more relaxed, the stork flew off to meet up with the rabbit, not realising that
she wouldn’t be able to fly with so much weight attached to her feet. As soon as she
left her nest, she began to fall like a heavy stone and could do nothing to stop herself
from crashing to the ground. However, she didn’t land on the ground. Instead, she
landed on the poor rabbit, who had no time to get out of the way.

Ambulances, police, doctors and hundreds of animals rushed to the scene and asked
the stork how she had come to fall on the rabbit. When they found the bandages, the
lead, the paint and the ring, they all thought the fall was the final part of the storks’
cruel plan to ruin the rabbit’s wedding. In one single morning, the stork had become
the most hated animal in the whole forest and lost all her friends. Only after a long
time did the rabbit dare visit the stork and he still couldn’t understand why she had
insisted on ruining his wedding. Full of remorse, the stork begged the rabbit for
forgiveness and told him the story of the ring and everything that had happened
afterwards.

“I would never have imagined that all this could happen just because you tried the
ring on without permission”, said the rabbit laughing.
“It wasn’t even because of that” the embarrassed stork replied. “It was everything I
had to do to hide the ring over and over again. You wouldn’t have been as annoyed
if you had found me trying it on and had to help me take it off.”

Seeing that the stork had learned her lesson, the rabbit publicly forgave her so she
could get her friends back and tell her story, which helped everyone understand that
the truly worst thing about telling little lies are the bigger lies that have to be invented
to cover them up.
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Story No. 17
The Hypersensor
What sort of an expression would be on your face if an Harisen
spaceship beamed you up, put you in a big glass cage, and took
you to a planet out amongst the stars? Well, no doubt you would
look a bit like an owl that had just been nipped, and you would be
pinching yourself to make sure you weren't dreaming. At least that's
what happened to Tom, when they took him off to the Atocinau
galaxy.

Tom was really rather a spectacle for the Atocinauts. The latter were
round little beings, without eyes and ears, but with big mouths which
were always smiling. Did we mention that the Atocinauts could also
move at the speed of light, and had ridiculous lettuces on the tops
of their heads?

Everyone there found Tom's eyes and ears most amusing, but what
they liked most was banging him on the scruff of his neck while he
was looking the other way. That made them die with laughter!

Tom soon learned that there was no way to catch an Atocinaut out. It was as though
they had eyes and ears in their back, face, and everywhere. Tom ended up making
friends with a little Atocinaut, and one day he told Tom a secret. That silly-looking
lettuce on their heads was a hypersensor, and it enabled them to do lots of things,
like see and hear in all directions, know the temperature of things without touching
them, and even know when food was going to be tasty before tasting it! Now Tom
understood how come they could move so fast without ever bumping into each
other...

As time passed, Tom managed to leave his glass cage, but it was very difficult to
move about in that world of breakneck speeds, where everyone else knew everything
before Tom had even managed to hear or see it. More than once he got angry with
some silly Atocinaut who wouldn't stop making fun of him, without the Atocinaut
seeming to reHarisse that Tom wasn't fortunate enough to possess a functioning
hypersensory lettuce on his head.

Then, one day, just like they had taken him away, the Atocinauts brought Tom back
to Earth again, and everything continued as if nothing had ever happened. Tom didn't
dare tell anyone about his voyage, and no one suspected anything. No one, that is,
except Clara - a blind classmate of Tom's, who noticed that he began to treat her
with more attention and sensitivity. It was as though Tom knew just how she most
wanted to be treated.

And when she asked him how come he had changed, Tom answered mysteriously
and tantHarissingly: "I changed because you don't have a lettuce on your head, and
now I know exactly how that feels."
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Story No. 18
Billy Peck, Tightrope Waddler
Billy Peck was a farm duck whose big
dream was to become a tightrope walker.
Every day he spent hours out on the rope,
practicing, encouraged by his faithful
friend, Artie Quack. Artie was an older
duck who, when young, had practiced
that very same art. Both of them were a
bit flap-footed at it, but they had never let
that get in the way of doing all they could
to keep training and hopefully improve.

One day, a new ram arrived at the farm. Soon after noticing the ducks' tightrope
practice, he came over and began praising them. He said they were doing great, and
he bet they could cross any precipice on that rope of theirs. This left Billy feeling highly
encouraged, despite Artie commenting that he hadn't noticed any real improvement.

A few days later, Billy found himself with the ram, looking across a ravine. The gap
was so wide that no one could jump it. You could only cross it using a tightrope. Artie
tried to talk his friend out of it. He wanted him to realise that he wasn't such a great
tightrope walker, and this thing with the ravine would be really dangerous. The ram
disagreed, assuring them that Billy Peck was the best tightrope walker in the whole
region, and that Artie Quack was just jealous of him. Both ducks got angry, and Artie
refused to help with the tightrope walk.

On the ravine, the ram egged Billy on, to reach the other side. But as soon as he had
stepped out onto the rope Billy lost his balance, and fell. Fortunately he landed on a
small ledge, but when he asked the ram to help him up, he discovered that he had
disappeared. Billy Pecks had to spend quite some time there, and even worse, his leg
was broken.

He realised that his old friend Artie had been telling him the truth all along. He saw
that it couldn't have been easy for Artie to tell him that he wasn't a good tightrope
walker, and Billy was grateful to have such a good friend who would always tell him
the truth...

And Artie really was a good friend, because, knowing what was about to happen, he
had gone straight off to find a group of wild ducks - old friends of his. These wild
ducks flew much better than the poor old farm ducks. Artie prepared a rescue
operation with the wild ducks.

Billy asked Artie to forgive him, and Artie happily did so. And, while being rescued,
and flying high, Billy could see that over on the other side of the ravine there was a
load of well-hidden and delicious delicacies. Billy realised that that was all the greedy
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ram had been interested in. He wanted those foods, but couldn't cross the ravine
himself, so had tried to use Billy to get them.

Billy felt foolish, but also fortunate, because helped by his new duck friends they
managed to gather all that wonderful food, take it to the farm, and have a big party
among real friends.

Story No. 19
Kindness by a Pakistani soldier to an Indian soldier

Pakistan
and India
have
embroiled
in ever-
increased
LoC
tension for
past many
years but
let us share
a story of a
Pakistani
soldier who
helped
rescue an
Indian
soldier
despite
having full authority to shoot him back in 2003.

The story narrates a Pakistani soldier who was on a regular duty near Bhimber
sector at a check post just 75m away from the Indian post. The soldier heard
screams coming out of the other side. He realized that an Indian troop has
been entrapped in mine fields deployed to prevent any clash. For a moment
the kind hearted Pakistani soldier thought that his Indian counterpart is a
human being and must have family members waiting for him at home.

The gentle Pakistani officer loudly announced that he would not shoot down the
Indian soldier and he and his affiliates would come down and rescue the
entrapped. Hearing this, the Indian soldiers helped his fellow and thanked
Pakistani troop for the support despite having the full authority and ability to
gun down the soldier who had violated the border area.
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This act of kindness not only shows care for humanity but also reflects
professional training which ensures respect and dignity of a soldier, even in
such tense circumstances.

Story No. 20
A blessed Taxi Driver
Earlier today, I
was in Blue
Area
Islamabad
with my
younger
brother
running some
quick errands
before work.
Just as we
were exiting
the market,
our car’s tyre
got punctured
and needed to
be replaced.
My brother,
who has just started driving recently, did not know how to change it or even knew
where the spare tyre is kept for that matter. Nor were we sure if we even had the
equipment required to fix a flat tyre (again, it’s only been a few weeks since he got his
license and this was the first time we encountered such an event).

Afternoon upon us and the weather was extremely hot. We felt stranded and did not
know who to call as my father was out of town. There weren’t even any repair shops
around. Not knowing what to do, as we were about to call for help, a taxi driver
stopped by and inquired about what happened.

The kind man told us to relax and sit in the car. He found the spare tyre and the
equipment in the trunk and began fixing it. When my brother tried to help, he waved
him off and told him to go back in the car as it was extremely hot. Soon he was done
and put the equipment back in the trunk and just as he was about to leave, my
brother tried to offer him money as a payback for his kind help. He refused to accept
it and said, “Insaniyat ki maddad kar kay tou mujay khushi milti hay aur mei is khushi
kay paise nahi lay sakta” (Helping humanity gives me happiness and I cannot charge
money for it).
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Story No. 21
Ice in the Forest
The block appeared in the middle of the forest one morning. It was a huge block of
ice, as tall as a tree, as big as a hundred elephants. What's more, it was so cold that
no one dared to go near. But what intrigued the animals most was the wonderful
treasure they could see inside it. The treasure looked so splendid that the lion King
himself said that
whoever could
get it out would
be made his
successor as
King.
As soon as he
said this, all the
animals lost their
dislike of the cold
and leapt at the
block, furiously
trying to secure
the treasure.
Well, everyone
except for the
weasel, who
stood for a while
looking at the
block, watching
the other animals creating a huge commotion, piled on top of each other.

The elephant was using his trunk as a hammer, and ended up whacking the gorilla.
The two later had to go to hospital. The tiger was using his claws like a hammer drill,
but they got stuck in the ice, and when he finally managed to pull his paw out the
claws broke off. Several gazelles, realising the block was made of cold water, tried to
lick the block away. But the extreme cold of the water gave them an upset stomach.
The monkeys were determined to destroy the block, and they threw bananas and
stones at the rate of machine guns. But they hit so many of the other animals that they
had to stop.

And so it went on, all the animals trying to break the block using brute force, the
whole day long, and without success. At the pace they were going, and seeing how
slow the progress was, they realised that it would take them over a week.
However, just then someone said:
-"Look! Something's moving inside the block!"

And it was true. It was hard to make out, but something was scampering about in the
middle of the block, right next to the treasure...
Was the treasure alive? Did the treasure have an owner living with it?
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Nothing like it!

It was the weasel, who soon appeared in their midst with some pieces of the treasure.
They were all impressed to see how the weasel had gotten to the treasure without
breaking the block apart. After congratulating her, they asked her how she'd done it.

The weasel told them that before leaping at the problem she had taken some time to
think and observe. She concluded that the block was too big to break it up with force,
and it would take too long for the sun to melt it. Then it occurred to her that she could
get to the middle of the block from underneath, by digging a tunnel. At the end of her
tunnel she built a small fire, which quickly melted a hole in the ice above. So, with
little effort the weasel got to the treasure!

And so it was, that the weasel became the Queen of the forest. And she did it by
showing everyone that one can achieve more by thinking about problems rather than
by immediately jumping into action.

Story No. 22
Modern Nomads
One day, Mr.
Hashim was
teaching a
lesson, and
things were
going as
normally as
ever. He was
explaining the
story of
mankind to his
pupils. He told
them that, in
the beginning,
men were
nomads; that
they never
stayed in the
same place for
very long.
Instead, they
would travel
about, here
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and there, in search of food, wherever it was to be found. And when the food
ran out, they would move off somewhere else.

He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals. This was
an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate the land, and care for
animals, mankind would always have food readily available. It also meant that
people could remain living in one place, and this made it easier to set about
tasks that would take a long while to complete, like building towns, cities, and
all that was in them. All the children were listening, spellbound by this story,
until Ashi jumped up:
"And if that was so important, and improved everything so much, why are we
nomads all over again, Mr. Hashim?"

Mr. Hashim didn't know what to say. Ashi was a very intelligent girl. He knew
that she lived with her parents in a house, so she must know that her family
were not nomads; so what did she mean?
"We have all become nomads again," continued Ashi, “The other day, outside
the city, they were cutting the forest down. A while ago a fisherman told me
how they fish. It's the same with everyone: when there's no more forest left the
foresters go elsewhere, and when the fish run out the fishermen move on.
That's what the nomads did, isn't it?"

The teacher nodded, thoughtfully. Really, Ashi was right. Mankind had turned
into nomads. Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it
would keep supplying our needs, we kept exploiting it until the land was bare
and barren. And then off we would go to the next place! The class spent the
rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to demonstrate how to
be more civilised...
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green t-shirt, with a message
that said "I am not a nomad!"

And, from then on, they set about showing that indeed they were not. Every
time they knew they needed something, they made sure that they would get it
using care and restraint. If they needed wood or paper, they would ensure that
they got the recycled kind. They ordered their fish from fish farms, making sure
that the fish they received were not too young and too small. They only used
animals that were well cared for, and brought up on farms...
And so, from their little town, those children managed to give up being
nomads again, just as prehistoric men had done, so many thousands of years
ago.

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Story No. 23
The Natural Garden

There was once a King who had a great palace with wonderful gardens. In those
gardens there lived thousands of creatures from hundreds of different species. They
were of great variety and colour, and they turned that place into a kind of paradise
that everyone could enjoy.

There was only one thing in those gardens that the King disliked: near the centre
stood the remains of what had been, centuries ago, a huge tree, but that now was
withered and dry, and detracted from the colour and beauty of its surroundings. This
bothered the King so much that he finally ordered it to be cut down and replaced by a
beautiful series of fountains.

Sometime later, a wise noble was visiting the King at his palace. He whispered in the
King’s ear:
-“Majesty, you are the wisest of men. Everywhere one hears talk of the beauty of
these gardens and the multitude of creatures that populate them. But during the time
I’ve spent here, I’ve hardly seen anything other than this fountain and just a few small
birds… What a deception!”

The King, who never tried to deceive anyone, found, to his horror, that what the
noble had told him was true. They had spent so many months admiring the fountains
that they hadn’t realised that hardly any animals remained in the gardens. Without
wasting time he sent for the court’s experts and advisers. The King had to listen to
many lies, inventions and assumptions, but nothing could explain what had
happened. Not even the great reward offered by the King managed to recuperate the
royal gardens’ former splendour.
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Many years later, a young man presented himself to the King, assuring him that he
could explain what had happened, and how the animals could be returned.
“What happened with your garden is that there just wasn’t enough poo, your majesty.
Particularly moth poo.”
All those present laughed at the young man’s joke. The guards got ready to throw him
out, but the King stopped them.
-“I want to hear what you have to say. From the thousand lies I’ve heard, none have
begun like that.”

The young man continued, very serious, and started explaining how the gardens’ big
animals fed mainly on the little brightly-coloured birds, who owed their appearance
to their own food, composed of colourful worms, who in turn fed on various rare
species of plants and flowers that could only grown in that part of the World, just so
long as there was enough moth poo for them... and so he continued, telling how the
moths were the basis of much food for many other birds, whose poo encouraged the
appearance of new species of plants that fed other insects and animals, and which
were, in turn, vital to the existence of other species... And the young man would have
kept speaking without pause if the King had not shouted.

-“Enough! And can you tell me how you know all these things, being so young?”
asked the King.

-“Well, because now all from your garden are at my house. Before I was born my
father collected that old tree you had torn out from the middle of the garden, and he
planted it in our garden. Since then, every spring, from out of that tree come
thousands and thousands of moths. With time, the moths attracted the birds, and new
plants and trees grew, providing food for other animals that, in turn, provided food
for others… And now, my father's old place is filled with life and colour. All thanks to
the moths from the big old tree."
-“Excellent!”
exclaimed the King,
-“Now I’ll be able to recover my gardens. And you, I’ll make you rich. Rest assured
that within a week everything will be ready. Use as many men as you like.”
-“Your Majesty, I’m afraid that cannot be,”
said the young man,
-“If you like I can try to recreate the gardens, but you will not live to see it. It will take
many years for the natural balance to re-establish itself. With great good fortune
perhaps I, when I'm old, will see it completed. Things like these do not depend on
how many men work on them.”

The face of the old King was sad and pensive, understanding how delicate was the
balance of nature, and how careless it had been to break it so happily. But he so
loved those gardens and those creatures that he decided to build a huge palace next
to the young man’s land. And with thousands of men working on the construction, he
managed to see the palace finished in much less time than would have been
necessary to re-establish the balance of nature of that garden in any other place.
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Story No. 24
The Seeds

Once upon a time there were four seeds who were good friends of each other. Taken
up by the wind they finally landed in a jungle clearing. There they remained, hidden
on the ground, hoping they would be able to grow up and become beautiful trees.

But when the first seed began germinating, they realised it wouldn't be such an easy
task. In that clearing there lived a group of monkeys, and the smallest monkeys would
amuse themselves by throwing bananas at any plant they noticed was starting to
grow. Using this game, the monkeys learnt how to throw bananas and they also kept
the clearing free of vegetation.

They threw so many bananas at that first seed that it was almost split in two. And
when it told the other seeds what happened, they all agreed it would be better to wait
for that group of monkeys to move on, before they attempted to grow.

Well, they all thought that, apart from one, who thought she should at least attempt
it. And when she tried she was pelted with bananas, and was left folded over in two.
The other seeds got together and asked her to stop trying, but that little seed was
completely determined to become a tree, and time and again she would try and try.
On each new occasion the little monkeys had slightly improved their aim, and so the
little seed ended up doubled over yet again.

But the seed didn’t give up. Every time they pelted her with bananas, she tried even
harder, despite her friends begging her to stop, and telling her to wait until the
monkeys left. And so, for days, weeks and months the little plant was attacked by the
monkeys, and she always ended stooped and doubled over. For a few days she would
manage to avoid the bananas, but then the next day some monkey would hit her, and
it would all start over again.

And then, one day, she didn’t double over. She was hit by a banana, and then
another, but none of them managed to make her stoop. She had taken so many
blows, and been doubled over so many times, that she was full of hard knots and
scars that helped her to grow more strongly than the other seeds. So, her slim trunk
got thicker and more resistant, until it could withstand the impact of a banana. And
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she was already so well developed that nor could the little monkeys uproot her from
the ground. And there she stayed, growing, growing and growing.

Thanks to the extraordinary strength of her trunk she could continue overcoming all
difficulties, until she became the most majestic tree in the jungle. Meanwhile her
friends remained hidden in the ground, and they continued as ever, hoping that those
horrible monkeys would abandon the clearing, never realising that those very same
monkeys were the only ones capable of strengthening the seeds' trunks by their
method of throwing bananas, something that would prepare the seeds for all the
problems they would confront during their growth.

Story No. 25
The Good Pirate
Not only was Longhands a young pirate boy, he was also the son of a pirate, the
grandson of a pirate, and the great grandson of a pirate. Actually, he hadn't yet
stolen anything, nor attacked any ship; but his whole family were sure that he'd turn
out to be a first
class pirate.

Even so, the

idea of
spending his life
robbing people
certainly didn't
appeal to young
Longhands. He
knew this
because when
he was a
toddler, one of
his cousins had
pinched one of
his favourite
toys, which
made
Longhands
really suffer.

While he was
growing up,
Longhands'
good nature
meant that he
worried terribly that someday his real pirate personality would suddenly emerge, and
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send him down the path of robbing, raiding, and pillaging. Every morning, when he
woke up, he looked in the mirror to see if the horrible transformation had yet
occurred. But every morning he had the same pleasant sort of face he had had the
day before.

As time went on, it became obvious to everyone that Longhands wasn't a pirate; but
the family tradition was so long and so wonderfully infamous that no one was bold
enough to come out and say it.

"It's just that he's a good pirate," they would say. And they would have kept saying it
even if Longhands had studied medicine and dedicated his life to caring for the sick.
However, Longhands was still worried about turning into a pirate, and he continued
consulting the mirror each morning.

One day, though, seeing that he was now an old man, and having seen his children
and grandchildren - none of whom had become pirates - he realised that neither
himself, nor anyone, was ever forced to be a pirate, whether from natural forces or
from duty. Everyone could do whatever they chose with their lives!

And, having chosen his own life and his own path, Longhands felt deeply happy that
he never chose to be a pirate.

Dear Supporters, let's work on this story, now that is fresh on our minds!
A minute for thinking
Quite often stories of pirates are told as if being a pirate was something wonderful. What

do you think about the life led by the pirates, attacking and robbing ships? What do you

think about the decision of the young main character of the story?

Let's talk!
Tell your child your own story about how you got your current personal and professional

status and the pressures you faced, if any. To keep doing right thing you have to make

good choices and bear pressures but eventually you are rewarded with better outcomes.

Why don't you try this?

You can encourage your child to pursue her dreams by making a small doll standing for

The Good Pirate. Your kid can dress it as the profession she wants to be in the future, so

that seeing it reminds her that she will be able to become whatever she wants.